On Demand Webinar

Threats to Government Procurement Integrity

How to keep on top of controls of your Procure to Pay process 
from contracts to invoices and payments

On-Demand • Cost: Complimentary

About the webinar

Today government procurement teams are under constant pressure as experts estimate that procurement errors, waste and abuse can cost central government around 5 %1) of procurement spend. And when government procurement fraud scandals hit the press, the damage to public trust can be severe.

To ensure integrity and prevent losses before they happen, internal audit, compliance and legal departments throughout the public sector must be able to monitor and detect any red flags and anomalies in real time.

SAS helps government agencies (and private industry) to continuously monitor and control supplier related processes analyzing data and systems to spot early-warning signs that could indicate issues leading to waste and abuse. The solutions SAS brings improve automation, detection and improves investigative processes with advanced exploration tools providing valuable insights and enabling a true risk prevention strategy. The resulting simplification and standardization are the basis to procurement optimization and improved governance.

Join this webinar to understand how:

  • To be able to detect and mitigate threats to procurement integrity with a robust government procurement strategy
  • To enable internal audit with productivity tools and maintain business ethics and integrity through the design of effective control

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About the Panel


Yolandé Byrd 
Director, Chief Financial Officer and co-founder of FACTS Consulting, and expertise in helping organisations detect and prevent procurement fraud.

Over the last 22 years, Yolandé has conducted investigations and designed forensic solutions in a variety of industries around the world. She has worked with some of the biggest names in Government, Finance, Utilities, Insurance, Telecommunications, Media, Manufacturing, Retail and Mining.
As a Certified Fraud Examiner with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Accounting, Yolandé merges her expertise in data analysis, programming and financial systems to help organisations detect and prevent procurement fraud.
Yolandé also serves as a regular guest lecturer on forensics at the University of Pretoria and has also spoken at several international events, including the annual ACFE Africa Fraud Conference.

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Laurent Colombant
SAS EMEA Continuous Monitoring Solution Lead

Assisting customers in tackling financial crime using NLP, ML and analytics since 1999. After focusing on sanctions screening, anti-money laundering, payment fraud and terrorist cell financing he is now working to address Continuous Controls monitoring including procure to pay, travel and entertainment, know your supplier and insider fraud modus operandi. He holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Michigan and a joint degree in linguistics, econometrics, and computing from the University of Montreal.

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This webinar is part of a series of three webinars on procurement in Public sector:

  • 9 June. 14:00-14:45 BST / 15:00-15:45 CEST:  Threats to Government Procurement Integrity >Register here
  • 16 June. 14:00-14:45 BST / 15:00-15:45 CEST:  Fact-based confidence to manage government suppliers and procurement >Register here
  • 23 June.  14:00-14:30 BST / 15:00-15:30 CEST: Public procurement – techniques to ensure taxpayers’ get value for money >Register here
     

Additional information

UK& I: SAS Continuous Monitoring for Procurement Integrity
Nordics: www.sas.com/nordicpublicprocurement

Note: 1) University of Portsmouth Centre for Counter Fraud Studies, “Annual Fraud Indicator” (2017), p. 16, https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/annual-fraud-indicator-2017(f86a88eb-c38b-4754-9790-d16c9b91ca5d).html

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